The ambassador of the State of Qatar to Nigeria, Ali-bin Ghanem Al-Hajri, made this known on Thursday in Maiduguri during a courtesy visit to Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno.
The troops said the airstrikes led “to the reduction in terrorism and other forms of cross-border crimes perpetrated by criminals crisis-crossing the borders to evade justice.”
Two IEDs, two phones and N53,000 cash were recovered from them.
The power supply to Maiduguri from the national grid has been affected since January when insurgents destroyed some of the transmission towers.
“The remaining terrorist ran in disarray, and the troops are in hunt of the remnant terrorist that fled the firefight,” the DHQ said.
The Defence Headquarters says troops neutralised no fewer than 2,352 terrorists, apprehended 2,308 and rescued 1,241 kidnapped hostages between January and March.
The federal government has enrolled two million out-of-school almajiri children in basic and Arabic literacy programmes.
DHQ says troops killed 121 terrorists, apprehended 253 and rescued 244 kidnapped hostages in different operations nationwide in one week.
“Accordingly, they were handed over to the Borno state government for further action,’’ The DHQ said.
In Katsina, the army said an offensive on terrorist camps led to the killing of two of several terrorists at Garin Rinji general area in Batsari LGA.
